Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
One of the 20th century's most iconic characters was Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888–1935),…
Military Library
A collection of beautiful timeless pieces showing you history from a completely different point of view...
This archive contains a large collection with all sorts of content spanning centuries of military history. We know it is impossible task to ever be finished, but we are doing our best to catalog everything and make it available in an effort to educate about historical and political issues so as to increase awareness and foster discussion of related content topics.
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The Stilwell Papers - 1972
Literature
The author has created the Stilwell Papers from the private diaries, notes and letters of General Joseph Stilwell (nicknamed “Vinegar Joe”). They offer an interesting perspective on the U.S. relations with China in the past and present (Nationalist and Communist China).
The Great Raid on Cabanatuan
Literature
Early on the morning of the 28th of January 1945 a small detachment of volunteers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci, leader of the 6th Ranger Battalion, embarked from their base in the Philippines on the most audacious rescue operation ever undertaken.
Hermann Göring - Hitler´s Second-in-Command
Literature
On a rainy day in October 1946, at an anonymous bend in the road somewhere on the outskirts of Munich, Germany, a group of Allied soldiers slowly poured several containers of ashes into the gutter. These ashes were all that remained of several men who had been the heads of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany) witnesses and active participants in the b...
Mein Kampf - My Struggle by Adolf Hitler
Literature
Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is Adolf Hitler’s autobiography and political-ideological testament, the first volume of which (subtitled A Reckoning) was composed in Landsberg Prison in 1924 and published in July 1925, seven months after his release. A second part, entitled The National Socialist Movement, was added in 1926 and from 1930 the standard ...
Special Marine Corps Units of World War II (1972)
Marine Corps
Special Marine Units of World War II is a brief narrative of experimental special purpose units organized by the Marine Corps for World War II. It is published for the information of those interested in the special units and the events in which they participated. During World War II, a variety of new and experimental units were organized by Mari...
The First World War (2009)
Literature
This book has two purposes. The first is to provide a concise narrative history of the First World War for college students and general readers. The second is to present a global history of the war that highlights environmental and technological factors. Taking the environment and technology into account enriches our understanding of the social ...
Handbook on German Army Identification (1943)
Insignia & Uniforms
This handbook was prepared at the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and is designed to provide a ready reference manual for intelligence personnel in combat operations for the correct identification of German military and semi military organizations. The need for such a manual was so pressing (1943) that some errors ...
Military Uniforms of the World in Colour (1968)
Insignia & Uniforms
This book illustrates 512 military uniforms of the world from the year 1506 until 1965. It provides a pocket encyclopedia of the soldiers of the world, with their history and heritage. The authenticity of the illustrations has been checked with the principal military museums of the nations concerned and the text gives not only the details of ind...
In the midst of the devastating World War I - Battle of the Somme, at dawn on September 15, 1916. the British Army launched an attack on the German front line around the French town of Flers. The German soldiers were amazed as vehicles unlike anything ever seen charged forward. The very first tanks, the ancestors of today's deadly fighting machi...
George S. Patton - A Biography (2003)
Literature
I would dare to say that most people have heard the name George S. Patton. Those who know military history are familiar with him and his actions, of course, but Patton is renowned among ordinary Americans in a way that few of our generals are. After Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson (both of whom were heroes to Patton), after George Washingt...
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